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Mort - Terry Pratchett

On the lookout for an apprenticeship, young Mort comes across a man in a black cloak.

The fourth of Terry's Pratchett's comic fantasy stories set on Discworld.

Dramatised in four parts by Robin Brooks.
Director: Claire Grove
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2004.

CAST
Narrated by Anton Lesser
Mort ...... Carl Prekopp
Death ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Lezek ...... Philip Fox
Albert ...... Phillip Jackson
Hames ...... Jon Glover
Ysabell ...... Clare Corbett
Princess Keli ...... Alice Hart
Cutwell ...... Adam Godley
Abbot ...... John Rowe
Ammeline ...... Sheila Mitchell
Stallholder ...... Jon Glover
Maid ...... Liz Sutherland
Keeble ...... Philip Fox
Landlord ...... Jon Glover
Rincewind ...... Philip Fox
Duke ...... Jon Glover

EPISODES
1. Hopeless young peasant Mort is hired as an apprentice to Death, and taken to his home beyond time and space to begin his training.

2. Death sends his apprentice Mort to collect three lives, but the lad takes a fancy to one of them - a princess.

3. Death has fun in the real world, leaving his daughter Ysabell and Mort in charge of the life-collecting business.

4. Death has disappeared, leaving his apprentice Mort, his daughter Ysabell and Albert the cook to carry on the life-collecting operation.

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